saskatchewan’s court of appeal ruled a man convicted of beating and choking his ex-girlfriend in a garage in hanley will be retried for attempted murder.
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in 2022, smockum was designated a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term. currie found he demonstrated a pattern of repetitive and uncontrollable violence toward both women and men that “constitutes a threat to the life, safety or physical or mental well-being of other persons.”
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